Greetings from Santa's Wonder World. In the Hard Rock world, there have been few more influential bands than Finland's Hanoi Rocks. Everybody from Poison to Guns N Roses got a good deal of their hard rock inspiration from that band whose initial run was only from 1979 - 1985 (they reunited in 2001 and split again in 2009--this time for good, with the vocalist saying it wasn't fun anymore). As obsessive Christmas music collectors, you may be familiar with "Dead By X-Mas", the group's Glam Punk 1981 single. The guitarist for Hanoi Rocks (and writer of "Dead By X-Mas" and many more) was Andy McCoy. McCoy is currently working on a solo album expected to drop in 2017. Meantime, there's this Christmas single, "Xmas Song", which officially releases December 6. There will be a limited edition hard copy CD single (only 300 are being made) that may or may not be available here upon release (if you're that in need of possessing it, I'd suggest you surf the web on your own for any possible outlet). The CD single will release on December 7 and contains the full song and a radio edit. Most of us will have to make do with a digital download, which you'll find at Amazon. HIM frontman Ville Valo provides some vocals on the holiday outing.

As long as we're doing the Hard Rock thing, former Iron Maiden vocalist Blaze Bayley has just released "Crazy Christmas". You'll recognize the voice as soon as he starts singing. Look for "Crazy Christmas" at Amazon or iTunes.

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